Fyodor Sergeyevich Kuzmin (also ''Fedor Kuzmin'', russian: Фёдор Серге́евич Кузьмин; born 17 April 1983 in
Rybinsk
Rybinsk ( rus, Рыбинск, p=ˈrɨbʲɪnsk), the second largest city of Yaroslavl Oblast in Russia, lies at the confluence of the Volga and Sheksna Rivers, 267 kilometers north-north-east of Moscow. Population:
It was previously known as ...
,
Russian SFSR
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) is a Russian table tennis player. Kuzmin won a gold medal in the men's singles at the 2005 ITTF Pro Tour series in
Velenje
Velenje (; german: Wöllan''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 272.) is Slovenia's sixth-largest city, and the seat of the Municipality ...
,
Slovenia
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. He also captured a silver medal, along with his partner
Oksana Fadeyeva
Oksana Fadeyeva (born 16 March 1975) (née Kushch) is a Russian table tennis player.
She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the first round of the singles competition. She competed in both singles and doubles in 2004.
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, in the mixed doubles at the 2007 European Championships in
Belgrade, Serbia
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, losing out to the defending Eastern European pair
Aleksandar Karakašević
Aleksandar Karakašević ( sr-cyr, Александар Каракашевић; born 9 December 1975) is a Serbian table tennis player. His powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal a ...
(Serbia) and
Rūta Paškauskienė (Lithuania). As of October 2014, Kuzmin is ranked no. 164 in the world by the
International Table Tennis Federation
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(ITTF).
He is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.
Kuzmin qualified for the
men's singles tournament at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, by receiving a place as one of the top 8 seeded players from the European Qualification Tournament in
Nantes, France
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. He received a single bye for the first round match, before losing out to Italy's
Mihai Bobocica, with a set score of 1–4. Kuzmin also joined with his fellow players
Alexei Smirnov and four-time Olympian
Dmitry Mazunov for the inaugural
men's team event. Kuzmin and his team placed fourth in the preliminary pool round against Japan, Hong Kong, and Nigeria, receiving a total score of three points and three straight losses.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1983 births
Living people
Russian male table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players for Russia
People from Rybinsk
Sportspeople from Yaroslavl Oblast
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